Charon: Moon Of Pluto

Milky Way Falls

It can be the driest place on planet Earth, but water still flows in Chile’s Atacama desert, high in the mountains. After discovering this small creek with running water, the photographer returned to the site to watch the Milky Way rise in the dark southern skies, calculating the moment when Milky Way and precious flowing water would meet. In the panoramic night skyscape, stars and nebulae immersed in the glow along the Milky Way itself also shared that moment with the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies the Large and Small Magellanic clouds above the horizon at the right. Bright star Beta Centauri is poised at the very top of the waterfall. Above it lies the dark expanse of the Coalsack nebula and the stars of the Southern Cross. Credit: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)

Veil Nebula - NGC 6960 In Bortle 7 by bnkato

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Our Amazing Solar System

Galaxy Cluster Cornucopia

IC-1396, The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula by CosmicWreckingBall

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Cosmic “Dolphin” spotted swimming on Jupiter [1800x2341] by rosebudlodestar

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Hubble gave one of the clearest views of monstrous arms of the galaxy Messier 106. First discovered in 1781, its beauty certainly hasn’t diminished.

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Remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago created a celestial abstract portrait, as captured in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Pencil Nebula.

Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)